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Kentucky Counties and Disaster Dates

County

Formed

Parent County

County Seat

Disaster

Records Destroyed *

Adair

1802

Green

Columbia

.

.

Allen

1815

Barren-Warren

Scottsville

1902

Most

Anderson

1827

Franklin-Mercer-Washington

Lawrenceburg

1859/1915

Yes

Ballard

1842

Hickman-McCracken

Wickliffe

1880

Yes

Barren

1799

Green-Warren

Glasgow

.

.

Bath

1811

Harlan-Knox

Owingsville

1864/1964

Many

Bell

1867

Harlan-Knox

Pineville

1918/1976

Some

Boone

1799

Campbell

Burlington

1880

Some

Bourbon

1786

Fayette

Paris

1872

Some

Boyd

1860

Carter-Greenup-Lawrence

Catlettsburg

.

.

Boyle

1842

Lincoln-Mercer

Danville

1860

Some

Bracken

1797

Campbell-Mason

Brooksville

1848

Some

Breathitt

1839

Clay-Estill-Perry

Jackson

1866/1873

Most

Breckinridge

1800

Hardin

Hardinsburg

1869/1958

Some

Bullitt

1797

Jefferson-Nelson

Shepherdsville

.

.

Butler

1810

Logan-Ohio

Morgantown

.

.

Caldwell

1809

Livingston

Princeton

1864

Some

Calloway

1821

Hickman

Murray

1906

Most

Campbell

1795

Harrison-Mason-Scott

Alexandria, Newport

.

.

Carlisle

1886

Ballard

Bardwell

1980

Some

Carroll

1839

Gallatin-Henry-Trimble

Carrollton

.

.

Carter

1838

Greenup-Lawrence

Grayson

.

.

Casey

1807

Lincoln

Liberty

.

.

Christian

1797

Logan

Hopkinsville

1864

Most

Clark

1793

Bourbon-Fayette

Winchester

.

.

Clay

1807

Floyd-Knox-Madison

Manchester

.

.

Clinton

1836

Cumberland-Wayne

Albany

1865/1890

Some

Crittenden

1842

Livingston

Marion

1865/1870

Yes

Cumberland

1799

Green

Burkesville

1865/1933

Yes

Daviess

1815

Ohio

Owensboro

1865

Some

Edmonson

1825

Grayson-Hart-Warren

Brownsville

.

.

Elliott

1869

Carter-Lawrence-Morgan

Sandy Hook

1966

Some

Estill

1808

Clark-Madison

Irvine

1964

Some

Fayette

1780

Kentucky  (Virginia)

Lexington

1803

Yes

Fleming

1798

Mason

Flemingsburg

.

.

Floyd

1800

Fleming-Mason-Montgomery

Prestonsburg

1808

Some

Franklin

1795

Mercer-Shelby-Woodford

Frankfort

.

.

Fulton

1845

Hickman

Hickman

.

.

Gallatin

1799

Franklin-Shelby

Warsaw

.

.

Garrard

1797

Lincoln-Madison-Mercer

Lancaster

.

.

Grant

1820

Pendleton

Williamstown

.

.

Graves

1824

Hickman

Mayfield

1864/1896

Some

Grayson

1810

Hardin-Ohio

Leitchfield

1864/1896

Some

Green

1793

Lincoln-Nelson

Greensburg

.

.

Greenup

1804

Mason

Greenup

.

.

Hancock

1829

Breckinridge-Daviess-Ohio

Hawesville

.

.

Hardin

1793

Nelson

Elizabethtown

1864

Some

Harlan

1819

Knox

Harlan

1863

Some

Harrison

1794

Bourbon-Scott

Cynthiana

1851

Some

Hart

1819

Hardin-Barren

Munfordville

1927

Some

Henderson

1799

Christian

Henderson

.

.

Henry

1799

Shelby

New Castle

1804

Yes

Hickman

1821

Caldwell-Livingston

Clinton

.

.

Hopkins

1807

Henderson

Madisonville

1829

Yes

Jackson

1858

Clay-Estill-Laurel-
Owsley-Madison-Rockcastle

McKee

1827

Yes

Jefferson

1780

Kentucky  (Virginia)

Louisville

.

.

Jessamine

1799

Fayette

Nicholasville

.

.

Johnson

1843

Floyd-Lawrence-Morgan

Paintsville

.

.

Kenton

1840

Campbell

Independence, Covington

.

.

Knott

1883

Breathitt-Floyd-Letcher-Perry

Hindman

.

.

Knox

1800

Lincoln

Barbourville

.

.

LaRue

1843

Hardin

Hodgenville

1865

Yes

Laurel

1826

Clay-Knox-Rockcastle-Whitley

London

.

.

Lawrence

1822

Floyd-Greenup

Louisa

.

.

Lee

1870

Breathitt-Estill-Owsley-Wolfe

Beattyville

.

.

Leslie

1878

Clay-Hardin-Perry

Hyden

.

.

Letcher

1842

Perry-Harlan

Whitesburg

.

.

Lewis

1807

Mason

Vanceburg

.

.

Lincoln

1780

Kentucky  (Virginia)

Stanford

.

.

Livingston

1798

Christian

Smithland

.

.

Logan

1792

Lincoln

Russellville

.

.

Lyon

1854

Caldwell

Eddyville

.

.

McCracken

1825

Hickman

Paducah

.

.

McCreary

1912

Pulaski-Wayne-Whitley

Whitley City

.

.

McLean

1854

Daviess-Muhlenberg-Ohio

Calhoun

1908

Yes

Madison

1786

Lincoln

Richmond

.

.

Magoffin

1860

Floyd-Johnson-Morgan

Salyersville

1857

Yes

Marion

1834

Washington

Lebanon

1863

Yes

Marshall

1842

Calloway

Benton

1888/1914

Yes

Martin

1870

Floyd-Johnson-Lawrence-Pike

Inez

1892

Yes

Mason

1789

Bourbon

Maysville

.

.

Meade

1824

Breckinridge-Hardin

Brandenburg

1974

Some

Menifee

1869

Bath-Montgomery-Morgan-
Powell-Wolfe

Frenchburg

1911

Some

Mercer

1786

Lincoln

Harrodsburg

.

.

Metcalfe

1860

Adair-Barren-Cumberland-
Green-Monroe

Edmonton

1867

Yes

Monroe

1820

Barren-Cumberland

Tompkinsville

1863/1887

Yes

Montgomery

1797

Clark

Mount Sterling

1863

Some

Morgan

1823

Bath-Floyd

West Liberty

1862/1925

Yes

Muhlenberg

1799

Christian-Logan

Greenville

.

.

Nelson

1785

Jefferson

Bardstown

.

.

Nicholas

1800

Bourbon-Mason

Carlisle

.

.

Ohio

1799

Hardin

Hartford

1864

Yes

Oldham

1824

Henry-Jefferson-Shelby

LaGrange

.

.

Owen

1819

Franklin-Gallatin-
Scott-Pendleton

Owenton

.

.

Owsley

1843

Breathitt-Clay-Estill

Booneville

1919/1967

Yes

Pendleton

1799

Bracken-Campbell

Falmouth

.

.

Perry

1821

Clay-Floyd

Hazard

1885/1911

Yes

Pike

1822

Floyd

Pikeville

1977

None

Powell

1852

Clark-Estill-Montgomery

Stanton

1864

Yes

Pulaski

1799

Green-Lincoln

Somerset

1871

Yes

Robertson

1867

Bracken-Harrison-
Mason-Nicholas

Mt. Olivet

1871

Yes

Rockcastle

1810

Knox-Lincoln-Madison-Pulaski

Mt. Vernon

1874

Many

Rowan

1856

Fleming-Morgan

Morehead

1864

Yes

Russell

1826

Adair-Cumberland-Wayne

Jamestown

1976

None

Scott

1792

Woodford

Georgetown

1837

Yes

Shelby

1792

Jefferson

Shelbyville

.

.

Simpson

1819

Allen-Logan-Warren

Franklin

1882

Most

Spencer

1824

Bullitt-Nelson-Shelby

Taylorsville

1865

Yes

Taylor

1848

Green

Campbellsville

1864

Yes

Todd

1820

Christian-Logan

Elkton

.

.

Trigg

1820

Caldwell-Christian

Cadiz

1895/1920

Yes

Trimble

1837

Gallatin-Henry-Oldham

Bedford

1953

Yes

Union

1811

Henderson

Morganfield

.

.

Warren

1797

Logan

Bowling Green

1864

Yes

Washington

1792

Nelson

Springfield

1814

Yes

Wayne

1801

Cumberland-Pulaski

Monticello

1898

Yes

Webster

1860

Henderson-Hopkins-Union

Dixon

.

.

Whitley

1818

Knox

Williamsburg

1930

Yes

Wolfe

1860

Breathitt-Morgan-Owsley-Powell

Campton

1886/1915

Yes

Woodford

1789

Fayette

Versailles

1965

None

*Kentucky Courthouse Fires, Floods, Tornadoes, Etc.
Types of records lost is not indicated.

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Beulah Wiley Franks
Grant County Coordinator, KY/ALHN